Ground Support

Heavy Launch Pad This launch pad is the real deal, capable of handling most Level 3 rockets.

Launch Pad How to convert a manhole cover, an ice auger, discarded scaffolding, and your grandmother's corset stays into a lightweight and portable mid-to-high-power pad. Not really - but almost...!

Launch Controllers Descriptions of the launch controllers we use to get our birds in the air.

Range Box Recommendations The secret compartment of my ring I fill with an Underdog Super Energy Pill. And other good stuff.

Other Range Items Not everything you need for a successful day at the range fits in your range box. Even Batman couldn't fit everything in his utility belt and had to haul some stuff around in the trunk of the Batmobile.

Shade Canopies A useful item out on the launch range - Rick has compiled an informative comparison of canopies, and true to form, provides a pretty slick low-cost recommendation.

Fish Hook Removal Tool Oooh -- you're gonna like this one!

The Vatsaas Ancestral Range Box Found by archeologists in the ruins of an ancient Viking grave ship.

Launch Checklists How we keep our complex launch preparations in order.

The $2 Altimeter Test Chamber How to test your barometric altimeter with easily available items from your kitchen.